Resume Preparation Tips – How Write About Your Work Experience
| Posted in Jobs and Careers | Posted on 28-08-2010
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In this post on resume writing we are going to look at the work experience part of a resume and provide great tips to make it effective, keeping your job target in mind.
The work expertise section of your resume should have the information provided below, for each job held: Job title Name of the corporate City/Country Start and end dates of employment Company description (primarily if the organisation is not a household brand) Short description of your job tasks Your main achievements/accomplishments
It is best to keep away from any useless info, like company address, contact details, names of supervisors and so on (Yes, I have come across these).
The most important thing to remember is to focus enough on your accomplishments. There will be many people who have held comparable jobs and they all would have similar job responsibilities. So a wordy list of your job duties won’t set you apart. What is going to assist you to standout is details about how well you performed your duties, or in other phrases – what were your accomplishments. A a thumb rule, I’d suggest 3-5 bullet points (or a paragraph of 3-6 lines) to describe your job duties and 3-5 bullet points providing particulars of your achievements.
A great way to write about your achievements is through Action-Benefit statements. Action-Benefit statements use your accomplishments and expertise to demonstrate the positive affect you can have on a company’s bottom line and to point out how well you match the job requirements.
An Action-Benefit assertion consists of: Action: Particular action that you took when faced with a scenario, problem or opportunity that enabled you to attain a positive consequence
Benefit: The positive outcome or benefit to the organisation, for example a rise in profit, a reduction in expenses, streamlined procedures or systems, or improved morale
Begin your statements with Action Verbs (Managed, Spearheaded, Directed, Applied, Executed, etc.) and try to quantify them whereever possible. Here is an example of an action-benefit statement – Conceptualised and implemented an innovative sales coaching programme which resulted in a 37% increase in new customers.

